Download Xposed for Samsung Lollipop/Marshmallow devices

If you would have tried using the traditional Xposed in Samsung devices, you might have experienced random bootloops & force close after installing it. Samsung made a lot of changes to ART without providing the sources so official Xposed doesn’t provide any support for Samsung devices & clearly says, Xposed framework will cause bootloops in Samsung devices, you must try unofficial xposed builds meant for Samsung devices.

If you are new to Android rooting, you might have heard people saying the first thing they install after rooting their device is Xposed framework. As Xposed gives them freedom to customize system files without installing custom ROMs. In this guide, we’ll learn How to install Xposed framework in Samsung devices without bootloops & other errors. This Xposed supports all other Samsung devices (GS5, Note 4/5, GS6E, GS6E+…) running Touchwiz Android Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat and Oreo.

Now what exactly is Xposed framework? Xposed framework uses root access to directly access core Android resources and utilize them to run different modules on the device that bring new features to the OS. The potential here is virtually unlimited, and many developers have already started switching to it for delivering their mods. So, how do you get the framework on your device? For devices other than Samsung, you can follow this method: How to install Xposed framework & Installer.

Now lets learn about installing Xposed in Samsung devices. We’ll install unofficial Xposed in Samsung devices. Now, this unofficial Xposed version does NOT break support for any other device supported by official Xposed, which means it still support all devices supported by the official one, this version adds Samsung and XZ compressed odexes support.

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. Devs-Lab won’t be held responsible for any bricked devices. We have tested this method in some our devices & it works perfectly fine.

How to install Xposed framework in Samsung devices

Step 1. After Android Kitkat, one cannot install Xposed directly i.e just an APK. You first need to flash the Xposed framework. Similarly, we first have to flash Xposed framework in our Lollipop/Marshmallow device.

Step 2. Download the given files at the end of the post & transfer it in your Internal memory/SDcard.

Step 5. Select the zip & Install. Wait for the Installation to complete.

Step 6. Now, Wipe Dalvik & System cache. Reboot your device.

Step 7. You will now have to install the Xposed framework APK on your Android device. Using a file manager like ES File Explorer, navigate to the location where you had saved the APK and install it. If you get an error saying “Unknown installations blocked” similar to this:

For Android Lollipop (5.1.x)

ARM64: Download (devices that are running arm64 operating system like Galaxy S7/S6, Note5 and all their variants.)

For Android Lollipop 5.0

For Android Lollipop 5.0, you first need to deodex your ROM. You can follow this procedure, to deodex your ROM. After this, you can flash the Xposed Framework files given below, make sure to flash the proper files depending on your smartphones processor (Snapdragon/Exynos).